Textify vs Text Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Textify
This app converts voice and video messages into text, supporting over 50 languages and major messaging platforms. It offers high accuracy, fast transcriptions, AI-powered summaries, and smart scans for important information like phone numbers.
- Voice message transcription
- Video message transcription
- AI-powered summaries
- Smart scans for info
- Supports 50+ languages
- Compatible with major messaging apps
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Don't want to play that voice message out loud? Need to quickly know what's said in a video message? Textify transforms your voice and video messages into text effortlessly. ++ Compatible with Major Messaging Platforms ++ • WhatsApp • Telegram • Threema • LINE Messenger • Signal • And many more! ** Featured by idownloadblog.com: "Surprisingly powerful. You will not be disappointed." ** ++ Why Choose Textify? ++ • Unparalleled Accuracy: Get transcriptions that understand dialects and accents. • Blazing Speed: Transcribe 5 minutes of speech in under 20 seconds*. • AI-Powered Summaries: Need a quick rundown? Textify+ provides intelligent summaries of your voice messages. • Multi-Functional: Not just voice messages, transform video messages into text too. • Smart Scans: Scan transcriptions for phone numbers, calendar events, and more. ++ Multi-Language Support ++ From English and German to Korean and Vietnamese, Textify supports 50+ languages. == Give it a try and start textifying! == == Disclaimer == This is a Third Party Application which is in no way endorsed or affiliated by WhatsApp Inc., Threema GmbH, Telegram Messenger LLP, Apple, or the Line Corporation. WhatsApp, Threema, Telegram, iMessage, LINE, and the used screenshots are trademarks of WhatsApp Inc., Threema GmbH, Telegram Messenger LLP, Apple, and the Line Corporation. The use of this app is at your own risk, and I am in no way responsible for any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or punitive damages whatsoever. I further take no responsibility for damages caused by misunderstandings due to incorrect voice recognition. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Text Reader
Convert text from documents and articles into speech to avoid eye strain. Supports 22 languages and allows you to save texts to a personal list for easy access.
- Text-to-speech conversion
- Supports 22 languages
- Save texts to a list
- Reduces eye strain
- Reads documents and articles
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When you have to read some important text, document or article but your eyes get tired, you can easily convert text to speech with this app. 22 languages including Korean and English are supported (Arabic, Chinese, Dannish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish). Save the text in your own list.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Text Reader at Free against Textify's $3.99. Text Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Textify's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (2.8 vs 2.3). On ratings volume and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Text Reader is free to download; Textify costs $3.99 up front. Textify sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Text Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Textify holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Textify's written reviews are positive against 50% of Text Reader's.
Textify ships an update every 6 weeks, Text Reader fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Textify | Text Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (8 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimitri Staufer | won jun lee |
Customer experience
Textify
Text Reader
In-app purchases
Textify
- Unlimited Minutes of Textify+$0.997 Days
- 10 Minutes of Textify+$0.49
- 50 Minutes of Textify+$0.49
- 250 Minutes of Textify+$1.99
Text Reader
No in-app purchases
